88 Mr, J. J. S. Wliitaker un some Tunisian Birds. 



7. RUTICILLA PHOENICURUS. 



I found tlie Common Redstart plentiful in tlie vicinity of 

 Kasiin, and I believe I also saw it in the oasis at Gafsa, 



8. RUTICILLA TITYS. 



The Black Redstart 1 also found at Kasriii. 



9. RUTICILLA MOUSSIERI. 



This pretty little bird I met with constantly throughout 

 my journey, both males and females, and particularly in the 

 neighbourhood, of Kasrin and Feriana. I also found it 

 further south, among the hills to the west o£ Gafsa, and as I 

 have on previous occasions observed it near Tunis and in the 

 extreme north near Bizerta, I think we may look upon it as 

 being generally distributed throughout the Regency. It is 

 a timid little bird and does its best to avoid being seen, 

 although its hright plumage renders it very conspicuous. I 

 found it both singly and in pairs ; this was throughout the 

 month of March. I am told it breeds in the neighbourhood 

 of Tunis. 



10. Sylvia atricapilla. 



I only got one specimen of the Common Blackcap, a female, 

 in the Gafsa oasis, but it is doubtless common in many parts 

 of the Regency. 



11. Argy'A fulva. 



The Algerian Bush-Babbler I met with only twice during 

 my journey : once on the 6th March, about fifteen miles 

 north of Gafsa, when I saw several small lots, and secured 

 five specimens, and a second time, just a week later, in the 

 neighbourhood of Tamerza, when I got one other bird. 

 Although fairly common in some parts of the south of the 

 Regency, I should consider the range of this species as 

 limited. M. Blanc, the French naturalist at Tunis, tells me 

 he has had two specimens which were shot in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Tunis, but I do not think it often strays 

 so far north. The first time I came across A. fulva I was 

 stalking some Magpies [Pica mauritanica) in the middle 

 of a patch of cultivated land dotted over with thorn-bushes. 



